Break out your 'dancin' shoes, Daddy-o, dance or I'll shoot, take off your coat and leave your hat on! South Florida's award-winning musical powerhouse, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, plans a season of blockbuster musicals and comedies for the 2005-06 season that will have theatre lovers dancing in the aisles.
Wop-Baba-Lu-Bop-Ahh-Wop-Bam-BOOM! Grease is the word and our season opener (October 1 – November 13, 2005). It's the musical that broke the record in 1979 as the longest running show on Broadway! Music, Lyrics and Book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease is packed with explosive energy, vibrant 1950's pop culture and all those unforgettable songs, including "Summer Nights," "We Go Together", "You're The One That I Want," and "Greased Lightnin'." John Travolta and Olivia Newton–John starred in the 1978 film version. Join wholesome Sandy and greaser Danny, those groovy T-Birds, sassy Pink Ladies and the whole gang at Rydell High for this high-octane rock 'n roll party! Johnny Guitar the Musical (November 30, 2005-December 18, 2005) is an outrageous send-up of all Westerns! "A really fun musical! You will enjoy the daylights out of it! Kids will love it, too," says WOR Radio. Loosely based on the 1954 Joan Crawford film and Winner of the 2004 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical (Off-Broadway), Johnny Guitar the Musical takes the old west through Hollywood's lens and turns it on its ear. Book by Nicholas van Hoogstragen, Music by Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins, and Lyrics by Joel Higgins. Where the men were tough and the women were Joan Crawford, the west was never this much fun!
Making its Pre-Broadway debut (January 11-February 12, 2006) comes a delightful romantic comedy that follows two gals from Brooklyn who spend an unforgettable Labor Day weekend in 1960 at a wacky Catskills resort. Book by Ben Winters and Erik Jackson and packed with beloved Neil Sedaka hits including "Solitaire," "Calendar Girl," "Laughter In the Rain" and "Love Will Keep Us Together," Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do will rekindle joyous memories for anyone who ever spent a summer "in the mountains," and create new ones for those too young to remember. The Full Monty takes the Miracle Theatre stage March 8-April 9, 2006. Book by Terrence McNally with Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, the Broadway smash hit musical comedy tells the story of two unemployed friends who stumble upon a Chippendales-like show and decide with the help of four other unlikely candidates that they too would like to give it a go. However, they can't dance and aren't what most would call good physical specimens. This hilarious new musical became one of the hottest tickets on Broadway in the last several years. "A huge hit - a rock 'em, sock 'em, 'take it off, baby' good time with heart," raves Jim Farber of the Daily Breeze.
Looking for love in all the wrong restaurants? Five Course Love (May 3-June 4, 2006) is a delicious new musical composed of five vignettes which look at the many faces of love: love attempted, love gone bad, love mismatched, love misguided, love denied and, inevitably, love achieved! Each is set in a different type of restaurant with music in the appropriate style: Rib Joint (Texas Swing), Italian (pop opera), German (cabaret), Mexican (Latin) and Diner (retro pop). Book, Music and Lyrics all by Gregg Coffin, it's a five-course feast of music, drama and plenty of laughs. Named one of 1984's best plays by Time Magazine and The New York Times, The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlum opens July 12-September 3, 2006. What do you get when you add equal parts Agatha Christie, Monster Mash and Marx Brothers? You get a hysterical comedy that is destined to leave you breathless with laughter! Lady Enid, the new bride of noted Egyptologist Lord Edgar, is having a hard time adjusting to life in Mandacrest Mansion. The portrait of his previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, as are shifty servants and a mysterious stranger prowling the moors surrounding her home. The New York Times raves, "Far and away the funniest two hours anywhere!" Featuring Carbonell Award winning actors, Tom Wahl and John Felix, audiences will have a thoroughly enjoying summer theatre experience.
Season and flexible anytime ticket packages and group rates are available. Actors' Playhouse subscribers also receive generous membership benefits from Coral Gables' finest restaurants and establishments, including Cacao, Christy's Restaurant, John Martin's Irish Pub & Restaurant, Mundo, Ortanique on the Mile, St. Michel, Tambo, The Cellar Club at the Biltmore Hotel, Ruth's Chris, and The Palm, among others.Barbara S. Stein, executive producing director, says, "We are energized about presenting this exciting season line-up. We feel honored and delighted to be among just a handful of theatres that have negotiated the rights for these popular productions – some Pre-Broadway and others still on tour. On top of that, our audiences will be happy to know we have kept our subscription and single ticket prices the same to continue to provide them with top quality musical theatre at affordable prices." Season subscriptions for the 2005-06 season are on sale now, with prices ranging from $136 for preview nights, $198 for Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday matinees, $235 for Friday and Saturday evenings, and $250 for VIP Flexible/Anytime tickets for best seats in any performance. Opening night tickets, including a gala dinner party, are $370. Miracle Maker subscriptions, including two tickets to opening nights and gala parties, and two tickets to the annual 'Reach for the Stars' gala auction, are $1250. Subscriptions for students 16 years and younger with a full paid adult subscription are $100.
Actors' Playhouse celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Miracle Theatre commemorating it public private partnership with the City of Coral Gables to build the historic Miracle Theatre into a three-stage performing arts center. The Decade Doo-Wop Celebration will be held at the Biltmore Hotel on Sunday, November 13, 2005. The theatre is affiliated with Actor's Equity Association and produces year round musicals, comedies and children theatre productions, and offers a full range of classes for all experience levels. One of 20 major cultural institutions in Miami Dade County, Actors' Playhouse is renowned for its large-scale Broadway musical theatre productions and has received nearly 50 Carbonell Awards including "Best Production of a Musical" in South Florida, five out of the past seven years. For further information, 305-444-9293. www.actorsplayhouse.org
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